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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which examines topics relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent changes in elearning technology enable people all around the world to take part in online courses. These massive open courses are usually free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that online learning institutions have to struggle with today because online learning technology is improving so fast. How can institutions assure that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOC classes is acceptable? How can we assure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What different business models are being used by institutions like Jordan to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can teachers manage issues like inadequate motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more widespread there is a developing demand to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other stakeholders want to better grasp the outcomes of these compelling new open education experiments. Corporations want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this growing desire for knowledge the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education resource topics. This amazing new book also articulates the major controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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